“I have had a number of conversations with the chairman,” Mr Littleproud said.

“My expectation as the government and a levy payer myself is we move to address them.”

Mr Littleproud said he had reached out to his opposition counterpart Joel Fitzgibbon to ensure any reform of AWI was done in a bipartisan way.

“Because I think it is important that any reform that happens, and if government is to get involved, is done in a bipartisan manner particularly as it is RDC body.

Mr Littleproud said Australia had a great wool industry.

“For the first time in decades the industry is making a quid and I think those farmers, many of whom I represent in Western Queensland, expect that leadership to take it to a new level,” Mr Littleproud said.

“All of our research and development organisations need to be fit for the future.”